Where does “प्याज़” come from?

प्याज़ (Hindi) comes from Persian پیاز, from Middle Persian pyʾc.

प्याज़ (Hindi): onion

Definitions

  1. onion

Ancestry of “प्याज़”, step by step

प्याज़ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian پیاز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپیازonion; bulb
2Middle Persianpyʾc—

via Classical Persian پِیَاز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianپِیَاز—

Words derived from “प्याज़”

Every word from Middle Persian pyʾc →Every word from Persian پیاز →